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MAHAL-I-SAUTIP MIR MA’ASUM.—
A Mahal in Miankangi, irrigated by a canal dug by Sartip Mir Ma’asum,
of which the chief village is Deh Ali Mardan-i-Lang.
There are other small villages in the Mahal, but as the names of these, as
well as their position, are liable to constant change, it is useless to enumerate
them.
M A H A L-I-N A HR- I-S A RTIP MOHAMMED REZ A.—
A Mahal of the Miankangi district, situated in the extreme north, which is
irrigated by the canal dug by the Sartip Mohammed Reza.
The chief villages in the Mahal are Tappa Kaniz, Ghurghuri, Reg-i-Muri,
Deh Ro'i, and other smaller ones, the names of which, however, are liable to
change often.
MAHAL I-NAJAF KULI.—
A small Mahal in Miankangi, which is irrigated by the Nahr-i-Najaf Kuli.
The chief village is at present called Deh Katkhuda Ibrahim, but this name,
as well as those of all the smaller villages of this Mahal, are liable to fre
quently alter, and the villages themselves to change their position, conse
quently to enumerate them would be misleading after a lapse of a few years.
MALIK HAIDERI.—
A village of 100 poorly-built houses, in the Mahal-i-Sharaki, situated on a
small hill on the right bank of the Zahak or Rud-i-Shahr. The Katkhuda
is Mir Shir, uncle of the Kalantar of Iskel. The village, close to which
is a ford over the Zahak, at all times passable by camels, is built in two
parts.
Eight ploughs of arable land, 5 horses, 150 cows, 250 sheep
and goats, 11 camels, and 30 donkeys.
MANDILAN.— ... . *
A very small Mahal in Miankangi, consisting of some five or six villages of
wattle-and-daub huts, to enumerate which would be misleading, as their
names as well as their position are liable to change frequently.
margon.—
A small village of 80 wattle-and-daub huts, which is the head-quarters of
the Mahal-i-Margon in the west of Miankangi. Its water-supply is
obtained from the canal which feeds the Mahals of Pulgi and Margon.
Resources .—Four ploughs of cultivated land, 1 horse, 30 cattle, 45 sheep
and goats, and 10 donkeys.
M1LAK.—
Is a pleasantly situated village of 80 poorly-built houses, on the hanks of
the old Helmund, in the south of Miankaugi. The village is built
on rising ground surrounded by tamarisk jungle, and the water of the
neighbouring canals only reaches the land near the village during flood
time. No wheat or barley is grown, but a large quantity of “ sabzbar
only, that is, cotton, opium, vegetables, etc.
There is a “ tappa ” or small hill about half a mile to the west of the
village, on which are the remains of an old mill or tower, from which a good